Conventions used in this manual – Motorola MVME2300 Series User Manual

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Conventions Used in This Manual

The following typographical conventions are used in this document:

bold

is used for user input that you type just as it appears; it is also used for
commands, options and arguments to commands, and names of
programs, directories and files.

italic

is used for names of variables to which you assign values. Italic is also
used for comments in screen displays and examples, and to introduce
new terms.

courier

is used for system output (for example, screen displays, reports),
examples, and system prompts.

<Enter>, <Return> or <CR>

<CR> represents the carriage return or Enter key.

CTRL

represents the Control key. Execute control characters by pressing the
Ctrl key and the letter simultaneously, for example, Ctrl-d.

Data and address parameters are preceded by a character identifying the
numeric format as follows:

$

%

&

dollar

percent

ampersand

specifies a hexadecimal character

specifies a binary number

specifies a decimal number

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